This chocolate covered almond recipe is perfectly sweet, salty, and crunchy! These little morsels are high in protein, covered in the most perfect chocolate shell, and then topped with sea salt! Best of all this recipe comes together in minutes! Your family will LOVE this recipe!
This recipe is my go-to salty sweet snack! This is an easy snack that is super quick to prepare, packed with fiber, and perfect for the whole family.
Make this recipe ahead of time and store in the freezer for a quick salty-sweet dessert or high-protein sweet snack at any time! This recipe is delish cold and stores easily in the freezer!
This recipe was inspired by one of my other favorite salty, and sweet, snacks! My chocolate popcorn recipe! A MUST try!
Chocolate Almond Ingredient Notes
The best thing about this recipe is that it is only 4 ingredients! Many of these ingredients you already have in your fridge or pantry! For this sweet, and flavorful recipe you will need the following ingredients:
- Almonds-I recommend using unsalted almonds for this recipe since we are adding sea salt, but feel free to skip the sea salt if you already have salted almonds at home.
- Chocolate chips-Use your favorite chocolate chips for this recipe! I used semi-sweet chocolate chips and they were perfect!
- Coconut oil-When using coconut oil for cooking, or baking, I prefer to use unrefined coconut oil due to the health benefits and overall flavor.
- Sea salt-Sea salt is a must and takes this recipe over the top! If you do not have sea salt, feel free to use regular salt, just a smaller amount.
See recipe card for additional details and quantities.
Chocolate Covered Almond Instructions
For the full instructions and measurements for how to make this delicious recipe, please skip down to the recipe card at the bottom of the post!
Use the following step-by-step instructions for how to make this delicious chocolate covered almond recipe:
Add chocolate chips and coconut oil to a small microwave-safe bowl. Melt in the microwave.
Add a few almonds at a time into melted chocolate. Use a fork to coat the almonds in the chocolate. Then use the fork to remove the almonds, allowing the excess chocolate to drip off.
Then place the chocolate coated almonds onto the parchment-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with sea salt.
Freeze for 5 minutes. Then remove from freezer and enjoy!
Hint: Don’t skip the sea salt with this recipe. The sea salt brings out the sweet flavor of the chocolate but also flavors the unsalted almonds! The perfect balance between sweet, salty, and crunchy!
Chocolate Almond Substitutions
This naturally gluten-free recipe is so simple and makes substituting ingredients so easy for allergy, and diet, friendly alternatives!
- Vegan – You can use your favorite vegan chocolate chips for this recipe to easily make it vegan! These are the chocolate chips that I used for this recipe!
- Kid friendly – Skip the sea salt and sub salted almonds or unsalted almonds for this recipe to make it more kid friendly, if needed.
Variations
This recipe is easily customizable with multiple variations of toppings and serving suggestions:
Topping Variations:
- White chocolate
- Dark chocolate
- Caramel drizzle
- Granola
- Hemp seeds
- Graham crackers (crushed)
- Pretzels (crushed)
- Dried strawberries
- Cocoa nibs
- Peanut butter!
Serving Suggestion:
To make this recipe even easier, skip the fork! Use a spoon to poor the chocolate and almond mixture into circles, to create chocolate covered almond clusters! You can also use a cupcake baking sheet to make these clusters in cupcake liners! So delicious!
See this other sweet and salty recipe on my site, chocolate covered popcorn recipe!
Equipment
This recipe is SO easy, and simple to make that it only requires one microwave safe bowl, a fork, and a baking sheet for creating these delicious chocolate covered almonds!
Tip: Make these ahead of time and give to people as gifts! This is the easiest gift to make for birthdays and holidays! Here are the gift bags that I purchased for gifting!
Chocolate Almond Storage Tips
Store these delicious chocolate covered almonds in the fridge, in an air tight container for up to 2 weeks.
My favorite way to store these almonds is in the freezer! Store these in a sealed freezer bag for up to 3 months! The perfect cold snack and the freezer keeps the almonds the freshest due to their oil content! So convenient to grab for a quick treat.
Top tips
- My favorite way to store these almonds is in the freezer! Store these in a sealed freezer bag for up to 3 months! The perfect cold snack and the freezer keeps the almonds the freshest due to their oil content!
- Make these ahead of time and give to people as gifts! This is the easiest gift to make for birthdays and holidays! Here are the gift bags that I purchased for gifting!
- Don’t skip the sea salt with this recipe. The sea salt brings out the sweet flavor of the chocolate but also flavors the unsalted almonds!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Chocolate covered almonds typically get their smooth texture from the quality of the chocolate used and oil added to the chocolate to create a smooth, shiny appearance.
Storing your almonds in a cold environment, in the fridge or freezer, can keep your almonds the freshest! A cold environment can keep your oils in the almonds fresh and prevent them from spoiling.
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Chocolate Covered Almond Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Small Microwave-safe bowl
- 1 Fork
- 1 Parchment-lined baking sheet
Ingredients
Chocolate Almonds
- 1 Cup Unsalted almonds
- 2 Tbsp Semi-sweet chocolate chips or your preferred chocolate chips
- 1 Tsp Coconut oil Unrefined preferred
- 1/4 Tsp Sea salt
Instructions
Chocolate Almonds
- Add chocolate chips and coconut oil to a small microwave-safe bowl. Heat in the microwave on high for 30 second intervals, 3 times. Stirring in between, until melted.
- Add a few almonds at a time into melted chocolate. Use a fork to coat the almonds in the chocolate. Then use the fork to remove the almonds, allowing the excess chocolate to drip off.
- Then place the chocolate coated almonds onto the parchment-lined baking sheet. Continue until all almonds are coated.
- Sprinkle them with sea salt.
- Place almonds in the freezer for 5 minutes.
- Remove from freezer and enjoy!
Chocolatey, salty and sooooo delicious. A quick desert thats easy to make and feels fancy!